{"id":823517,"date":"2025-02-01T10:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/sevilla-boss-pimienta-reveals-akor-adams-status-ahead-of-first-sevilla-game\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T10:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:12:16","slug":"sevilla-boss-pimienta-reveals-akor-adams-status-ahead-of-first-sevilla-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/sevilla-boss-pimienta-reveals-akor-adams-status-ahead-of-first-sevilla-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Sevilla boss Pimienta reveals Akor Adams\u2019 status ahead of first Sevilla game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sevilla coach Garcia Pimienta has admitted that Nigerian striker Akor Adams may have to wait a while before breaking into the first eleven at the club, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams just sealed his \u20ac5.5 million transfer from Montpellier to Sevilla, and he has started work with them. The Nigerian <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/watch-dribble-king-chidera-ejuke-shows-akor-adams-the-ropes-in-first-sevilla-training.html\">striker had his first training session on Friday<\/a> alongside compatriots Kelechi Iheanacho, Chidera Ejuke, and the rest of the Sevilla team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GipSpajWgAANSLb.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Akor Adams in trainig at Sevilla (Photo credit: Imago)\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149079\">Akor Adams in training at Sevilla (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Los Nervionenses take on Getafe this weekend at the Coliseum, and Adams is set to get his first real taste of La Liga football, as he was named in the travelling squad.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla fans will be anxious to see their new striker in action due to their goalscoring struggles since the start of the season. For context, Los Nervionenses have scored just 24 goals in 21 La Liga games.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, coach Pimienta has praised Adams\u2019 work ethic ahead of the game at Getafe. However, he revealed that he wants to slowly ease Adams into the action, as he has only just joined the club.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gio8F36XkAAF2NM.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Akor Adams in trainig at Sevilla (Photo credit: Imago)\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149080\">Akor Adams in at Sevilla (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAdams just been training and has been called up for tomorrow. If he has to take part, he\u2019s in a condition to do well,\u201d Pimineta said, per Sevilla\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sevillafc.es\/actualidad\/noticias\/rueda-prensa-garcia-pimienta-previa-getafe-sevilla-2425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s had two good training sessions and has to get used to the language and the way of training and playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be gradual but he\u2019s very eager , he\u2019s a great lad and it\u2019s a great opportunity for him to be at Sevilla. He\u2019s going to give it his all because that\u2019s also his way of playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adams had a fast start to life at his former club, Montpellier, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2023\/08\/ligue-1-akor-adams-announces-presence-with-big-performance-in-montpelliers-opener-against-le-havre.html\">scoring on his debut<\/a>. And he will look to have a similar impact at Sevilla.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1051136078.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Akor Adams scores for Montpellier (Photo credit: Imago)\" width=\"2445\" height=\"1630\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149078\">Akor Adams scores for Montpellier (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the Nigerian striker proves himself in training, he could get a starting shirt in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Kelvin Omachonu\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240522-WA0001-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/kelvin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu is a writer with many years of experience covering sports events in Nigeria and abroad. He is fueled by his love for the job, and is dedicated to delivering captivating stories.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/akor-adams-will-start-playing-gradually.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Kelvin Omachonu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Sevilla coach Garcia Pimienta has admitted that Nigerian striker Akor Adams may have to wait a while before breaking into the first eleven at the club, Soccernet.ng reports. Adams just sealed his \u20ac5.5 million transfer from Montpellier to Sevilla, and he has started work with them. The Nigerian striker had his first training session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141323,28775,2005],"tags":[141322,71507],"class_list":["post-823517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pimienta","category-sevilla","category-soccer","tag-pimienta","tag-sevilla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}